Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Stewart Petersen
Billy Colman
James Whitmore
Grandpa
Beverly Garland
Mother
Jack Ging
Father
Lonny Chapman
Sheriff
Jill Clark
Alice
Jeanna Wilson
Sara
Bill Thurman
Sam Bellington
